XP Authentication after June 30?

So if MS is going to stop selling XP after June 30... will it also stop
requiring authentication calls and such?

Watch for someone else .. like the Feds ... to take it
over and support it. Dropping XP is like dropping cars
in favor of jet planes. Jets are faster. Cars are here to
stay. It would not surprise me one bit to see a
competing version of XP come out of China or Europe.

johns

"johns" wrote:
Watch for someone else .. like the Feds ... to take it
over and support it. Dropping XP is like dropping cars
in favor of jet planes. Jets are faster. Cars are here to
stay.

Yeah, that's what we tried to say with Win2k.

Jon

Yeah, that's what we tried to say with Win2k.

You can trot right over to IBM and buy their version
of Win2K. They support it for the Feds who never
went with XP. Good bet that IBM will now pick up
XP and rework it for the Feds.

If Microsoft drops XP, it will be like creating a
company that can take their market away from
them. I would think they learned when IBM got
the Federal PC contract and a load of business.

Of course, HP has that contract right now. But
they are running IBM software ... Win2K. What
a hoot.

johns

"johns" wrote in message
...
Yeah, that's what we tried to say with Win2k.

You can trot right over to IBM and buy their version
of Win2K. They support it for the Feds who never
went with XP. Good bet that IBM will now pick up
XP and rework it for the Feds.

If Microsoft drops XP, it will be like creating a
company that can take their market away from
them. I would think they learned when IBM got
the Federal PC contract and a load of business.

Of course, HP has that contract right now. But
they are running IBM software ... Win2K. What
a hoot.

johns

I worked for a German company in the US which had almost 200,000 employees
and did $25B in sales. They are still running Win2k on the corporate
network.

Don't you wish...

"Billy loves me this I know,
For the MS tells me so."

--
--DaveW


"a concerned member of the usenet community" wrote in message
...
So if MS is going to stop selling XP after June 30... will it also stop
requiring authentication calls and such?

Jon Danniken wrote:
"johns" wrote:
Watch for someone else .. like the Feds ... to take it
over and support it. Dropping XP is like dropping cars
in favor of jet planes. Jets are faster. Cars are here to
stay.

Yeah, that's what we tried to say with Win2k.

Jon



......and 98SE

"nobody " wrote:
Jon Danniken wrote:
"johns" wrote:
Watch for someone else .. like the Feds ... to take it
over and support it. Dropping XP is like dropping cars
in favor of jet planes. Jets are faster. Cars are here to
stay.

Yeah, that's what we tried to say with Win2k.


.....and 98SE

While 98SE was usable, it still had problems with stability and longevity of
installation.. Win2k was a rock solid performer, the only issue being it's
planned obsolescence at the hands of it's creator.

I still curse having to use WinXP on my box, and still consider going back.

Jon

"Lee M." wrote in message . ..

"johns" wrote in message
...
Yeah, that's what we tried to say with Win2k.

You can trot right over to IBM and buy their version
of Win2K. They support it for the Feds who never
went with XP. Good bet that IBM will now pick up
XP and rework it for the Feds.

If Microsoft drops XP, it will be like creating a
company that can take their market away from
them. I would think they learned when IBM got
the Federal PC contract and a load of business.

Of course, HP has that contract right now. But
they are running IBM software ... Win2K. What
a hoot.

johns

I worked for a German company in the US which had almost 200,000 employees
and did $25B in sales. They are still running Win2k on the corporate
network.

So are thousands of other corporations, who never had any reason
to "upgrade" to any MS product after Win2K and retrain their tech
support teams. Again.

Now that Vista is going over like a lead balloon, it'll be interesting
to see what MS does. In the meantime it's a riot watching MS
pretend Win2K no longer even exists.

johns wrote:
Watch for someone else .. like the Feds ... to take it
over and support it. Dropping XP is like dropping cars
in favor of jet planes. Jets are faster. Cars are here to
stay.

Not a great comparison. Vista is certainly not a jet if XP runs at car
speeds. Vista is more like a bicycle